Tennis News
At €600K Stockholm Open, Sweden

[SF] (1) Rohan Bopanna (IND)/ Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK) bt Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)/ Juan Martin Del Potro (ARG)

Rohan and Aisam produced excellent comeback win over Baghdatis and Del Potro ... In the first set Baghdatis and Del Potro were all over Rohan and Aisam ... They created 8 break point chances and converted two of them ... In the second set Rohan and Aisam turned table on them ... They created four break point chances and converted two of them ... They also didn't face a single break point on their serve ... In closely fought super tie-break our pair prevailed over Baghdatis and Del Potro to book place in the final.
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At $100K Seoul Challenger, South Korea

[SF] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) bt (1) Jordan Kerr (AUS)/ David Martin (USA) 62 67(6) 10-3

[F] (4) Purav Raja (IND)/ Divij Sharan (IND) vs (3) Sanchai Ratiwatana (THA)/ Sonchat Ratiwatana (THA)

Our pair started well winning the first set with couple of breaks ... But they failed to finish match in the second but dominated the super tie-break against top-seed and enter into the final ...Really great news that they r in the final in this big $100K challenger ... Wishing them good luck for the final.
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At $15K+H Nigeria F3 Futures, Lagos

[QF] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,479) bt(3) VIshnu Vardhan (IND,420) 64 76(2)
[QF] (8) Vijayant Malik (IND,614) bt (2) Karan Rastogi (IND,316 ) 64 64
[QF] (7) Ranjeet Virali-Murugesan (IND,577) l (4) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,465) 46 26

[SF] (5) Yuki Bhambri (IND,479) vs (6) Ante Pavic (CRO,519)
[SF] (8) Vijayant Malik (IND,614) vs (4) Ruan Roelofse (RSA,465)

Yuki continued showing upper-hand over Vishnu in their matches ... Vijayant scored good upset win over Karan to join Yuki in the semis.